CALL TO ACTION: Speak Up for the Old Mint on 12/9

The Central SoMa Plan Open House is a crucial opportunity for the
public to urge the city to make the Old Mint a priority to receive public benefits funding to be generated
under the plan.
The Planning Department is currently
studying how to distribute the expected $2 billion in public benefits funding
for community projects under the Central SoMa Plan. At the
end of open house, attendees will be able to submit their preferences.

Despite an unprecedented influx of new investment
in the neighborhood, the Old Mint is
shuttered and in need of $70-$100 million for rehabilitation. Originally placed on the National Trust for
Historic Preservation’s annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 1994,
the Old Mint’s inclusion on the National Trust’s 2015 list makes it one of very few
buildings in the nation to be
featured twice.